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. 2005 Jun;43(6):2920-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2920-2922.2005.

Evaluation of a new molecular system for simultaneous identification of four Enterococcus species and their glycopeptide resistance genotypes

U Eigner  1 , A Fahr, M Weizenegger, W Witte
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Evaluation of a new molecular system for simultaneous identification of four Enterococcus species and their glycopeptide resistance genotypes

U Eigner et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

We compared the performances of a new DNA-based strip assay and the VITEK 2 system for identification of 105 enterococcal strains and differentiation of their van gene-associated resistance levels. Both methods provided excellent results. The molecular assay showed advantages in time to result for identification of van-associated genes.

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